Congratulations to the Rice University baseball team, 2003 College World Series Champions!

Baseball is a game of superstition, and I must confess I played not a small part in the team’s success. I watched the first game of the final series against
Stanford (what kind of name for a team is the color cardinal??? and a tree for a mascot????) in the ‘R’ Room at Rice Stadium with Glenn. During the course of
the win, I drank 8 bottles of Ozarka…4 liters of water. Sunday, I made the mistake of watching the game at home, and not drinking any water. We lost. So,
Monday I again returned to the ‘R’ Room, and dutifully drank my 4 liters of water, with the result that they are now National Champions. And yet my contribution
was not even recognized last night at the welcoming party for the team at Reckling Park.

It felt like old home night at the party. I couldn’t walk five feet without running into someone I knew: old classmates, old coworkers, folks from 1st Christian
and St. John’s…it was neat.